Hi Sebb, Haven't seen that one before thanks. This still feels like overkill for what seems like a simple operation but perhaps it might be a necessary evil.
Philip -----Original Message----- From: sebb [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 10:41 PM To: Maven Users List Subject: Re: build.properties Question On 26/03/2010, Philip Wilder <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Wayne, > > The nature of my problem is that I am attempting to integrate two > different builds processes with the first build generating a > properties file to modify the second maven build. > > The current solution is to use scripts to pass in the values on the > commandline to the maven build. I'm not terribly fond of this approach > because it means some of the work is being done outside of maven and > requires an environment capable of running sh files (yes we could > create a corresponding .bat file). Unfortunately, as I understand it, > this continues to be our best option because we are altering build > properties which are read before plugin execution (meaning the > properties plugin I mentioned earlier won't work for us). > > I suppose technically we could try to create a settings.xml file but > I would be concerned that this has the potential to interfere with > the settings.xml for a particular users environment. Have you seen this? http://www.gxdeveloperweb.com/Blogs/Bram-de-Kruijff/Maven-secrets-Dynami c-Maven-properties-with-Beanshell.htm > > Philip > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Fay [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 5:54 PM > To: Maven Users List > Subject: Re: build.properties Question > > > that functionality was lost in Maven 1. Can anyone tell me why this > > functionality was removed or, better yet, if there is a flag to turn > > it back on? > > There is no flag, and I can't imagine one will be added. Maven simply > does not use properties files. If you must use properties files, then > you must use a Maven plugin or Ant, Ivy, etc. > > Jason van Zyl has previously responded to this question: > http://old.nabble.com/Making-properties-accessible-in-pom.xml-ts8996414. > html > > Make sure you read Stephen Connolly's response in that same thread > before getting too deep into your usage of any plugins to read those > properties files, too. > > If you're planning on using Maven long-term, you really need to > migrate away from properties files, they're just not supported. > > Wayne > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
